The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
DO made the issue by them or foundation

OF q new partyY Il purposely refrain from
wasting time or burdening your column
with any specifications In my general In
dictment sgaluDt tho Democratic party, a!
1t pleads guilty to the charge Of open com
time Tor its early sentence Of retirement t
the peaceful shadea Of oblivion, where
becnuae OF Its corruption and cowardice
It's own better olenenta will In the neal
future Coneign u. ..19t
But hear what tina! great Republican
leader-Ex.UnIsed States Secretary and
United Statee Senator Window sayn OF the
importance Of This Prohibition Issue. In
his last Fourth Of July addrean he says
II 'lns'et that, considered merely on The
lower plane Of political economy, thore Il
no subject now before the American PEG.
pie at all comparable In gravity and i'm.
portanco with this one. How 10 curtai
and finally destroy this OWL 10 the grea,
problem Of the hour, It's solution stands
next on the worlds calendar Of progress u
Powderly declares: "}8
Sometimes, almost think II the main
question. and ono OF tho reagons why Ia.
Dor organizations have failed in the pant
10, bccause the leaders didn't have tho
manhood to denouucs tho liquor CURSE"
That masculine intellect, Jane Ellen Eos.
ter, Of Iowa, In report 10 the National
w @. T. u, In 1883, says: "Do not be
afraid OF the charge Of partisanship. The
grand chorus oil majorities as In unison
they cry, tho saloon must 20. shall possess
no coercive force unless that unison,
merged into legislative, judicial, execu.
tive harmony and guided by the baton Of
q political party, shall take up tho strain"
And ct another time, reporting to that
same graudeat company Of temperance
workers ever organizsd on earth, declared
that, "Prohibitory legislation, National
and State, can only DO permanently 80.
cured through the agency OF political
party, making this Its central idea"--all OF
which is "true as preaching" aud In &C.
cord with the gathered wisdom Of thou.
sand years." the profoundest philosophy
OF human action and the memorable law
OF Divine government. And, for the bon.
eft Of timld or doubling nouls, we will say
with that grand Ohiatian temperance
leader Of Missouri, Mira. Clara Hoffman,
1--WE are not at oil afraid that the soul will
let the bottom drop out while wo 40 for.
ward In our work Of revolutionizing and
saving the country
Whist think you Of the country, king or
general who, when the lie OF the country
and tho homes Of it's people were in i'm
minent peril from a relentless and united
foe, should send out for Its defense m
army largely composed Of traitors in
league with the enemy and uaing every
opportunity to help those they pretended
to be fighting; and how does that accord
with the wisdom Of Him "who called them
unto Him and said unto them in para.
bles." "How can Satan cast out Satan ?"
!" A kingdom divided asains. itself cannot
stand" g. IT,
Tho laws governing the spiritual and
moral forces Of the uniyerso being as in
exorabla IS tho character Of their author
Ia Interchangeable, It does scem clear 10 ma
that every intelligent Christian must ad.
NIT that God Can no more work hia pur.
poees through corrupt and divided polit.
icsl party than no con through NJ unre-
pentent, dlsobelient, divided human soul
aud that to attempt to do go would DO no
more Inconsistent than the present effort
OF patriotic Christian citizsns to expect
the new wine Of the HeRvsn inspired
work Of prohibition 10 r.sy in and purify
the old bottles-the ruu-bouud political
parties Of this country.
Therefore, NO P1ohibitionis!s Of West
Virginia and of the United Sta.eg, bs!;ey.
ing with Mszziai, the gree. Italian states.
man, that every political question is
rapidly becoming c social question, and
every social question religious question:"
with charity for all and malice toward
none," feal that to fsil to uso our God
given intelligence and fidelity to tho gsea.
temperance cause by uniting ourselves TO-
gesher for tho accomplishment of the
work Tor which We Labor and prsy, would
be to exhibit ourselves before the world
es incompetent to carry forward tho glori.
Gus mission Tor which tho Master has call.
ed u, and like the great Reiosmer We tsel
that to elorify God, save our fellow men,
help the poor drunkard, bring joy to hia
home, tighten tho burdens and brighton
the lives Of toilins nillionn, dethrone mo.
nopoly, bring peace and prosperity to
evary part and interest Of the country, we
sre bound to Join that party whose prin.
cipleo embody our prayers aud whose
votes in the near future will give effect to
enlightened public sentiment, execute tile
will OF God and raaeem our faith.
"Here we stand, We can do no other"
T. R: CARsKADoN.
Radical Hill, Keyer, ". Va, Oct. 5, 1857.